This interdisciplinary scientific journal emphasizes the linkage between special education and rehabilitation services. Selected papers from the first two issues include: The Impact of Current Issues in Teacher Education on the Preparation of Special Educators (Patricia Edelen-Smith and others); Training Teachers and Parents To Work Collaboratively in the Teaching and Training of Children with Disabilities (Lourdes P. Klitzkie and Heidi Farra San Nicolas); The Roles of a Social Worker in a Multi-Disciplinary Team in Working with the Mentally Handicapped (Kam-Shing Yip); The Evaluation of Intervention Programs in the Care System for Profoundly Mentally and Physically Handicapped Persons (Ruud van Wijck); Perspectives and Goals: Central Issues in Intervention (Han Nakken); Development and Evaluation of Individual Educational Care Programs for Profoundly Multiple Handicapped Persons (Carla Vlaskamp); Pathways to Adulthood for Young People with Special Educational Needs (G. O. B. Thomson and others); A Model for the Rehabilitation of the Developmental Retarded: The Small Group (Leena Heikkila); Evaluation of the Shift of Responsibility from County to Local Authority for the Education of Intellectually Handicapped in the City of Sodertalje, Sweden (Lena Thorsson); Physical Activity in the Mental Health Services: A Survey of the Existing Situation and Needs for Development (Jorge Glaser and others); Concerns for Best Practice in Communication Interventions: An Australian Study (Michael Arthur and others); Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia): Psychological Research and Educational Practice (Rea Reason); and Assessment of Learning Potential in Children with Cerebral Palsy (Adri Vermeer and Lucie F. Douwes Dekker). (Papers contain references.) (JDD)